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@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey", role: "Dean of the Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_preston:person {full_name: "Ann Preston", title: "M.D.", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_fussell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fussell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_thomas:person {full_name: "Dr. Thomas", role: "Treasurer", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@mark_kerr:person {full_name: "Mark G. Kerr", role: "Speaker of Benedictory Address", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_gillingham:person {full_name: "Prof. Charles D. Cleveland", role: "President of the Corporation", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@clinton_gillingham:person {full_name: "Clinton Gillingham", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_herr:person {full_name: "Dr. Herr", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_farnell:person {full_name: "Dr. Farnell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_birdsell:person {full_name: "Dr. Birdsell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_russell:person {full_name: "Dr. Russell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@h_birnbacher:person {full_name: "H. Birnbacher", role: "Janitor", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@emily_barney:person {full_name: "Emily A. Barney", status: "student"}
@phila_wilmarth:person {full_name: "Phila O. Wilmarth", status: "student"}
@miss_nivison:person {full_name: "Miss Nivison", status: "student"}
@miss_smith:person {full_name: "Miss Smith", status: "student"}
@eliza_thomas:person {full_name: "Eliza L.S. Thomas", status: "student"}
@emilie_cleveland:person {full_name: "Emilie Norton Cleveland", status: "student"}
@jane_heala:person {full_name: "Jane V. Heala", status: "student"}
@samantha_arivison:person {full_name: "Samantha S. Arivison", status: "student"}
@mary_smith:person {full_name: "Mary E. Smith", status: "student"}
@elizabeth_collins:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Collins", status: "student"}
@debbie_hughes:person {full_name: "Debbie A. Hughes", status: "student"}
@laura_ross:person {full_name: "Laura J. Ross", status: "student"}
@jane_starr:person {full_name: "Jane L. Starr", status: "student"}
@lower_lecture_room:place {location: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@faculty_room:place {location: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@meeting_feb_15_1855:event {description: "Thesis reports meeting", when: @date_1855_02_15, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, attendees: [@ellwood_harvey, @dr_fussell, @dr_thomas, @dr_preston, @mark_kerr]}
@meeting_feb_19_1855:event {description: "Examination admissions meeting", when: @date_1855_02_19, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, attendees: [@ellwood_harvey, @dr_fussell, @dr_preston, @mark_kerr, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham]}
@examination_start_21_feb_1855:event {description: "Examinations of candidates commence", when: @date_1855_02_21}
@meeting_feb_20_1855:event {description: "Ballot and degree election", when: @date_1855_02_20, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, attendees: [@dr_russell, @dr_preston, @mark_kerr, @dr_thomas, @dr_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey]}
@meeting_mar_2_1855:event {description: "Draft announcement presented", when: @date_1855_03_02, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@ballot_mar_6_1855:event {description: "Ballot for candidates", when: @date_1855_03_06, results: [{candidate: @emilie_cleveland, white: 66, black: 4}, {candidate: @jane_heala, white: 45, black: 25}, {candidate: @samantha_arivison, white: 57, black: 13}, {candidate: @mary_smith, white: 59, black: 11}, {candidate: @emily_barney, white: 56, black: 14}, {candidate: @phila_wilmarth, white: 54, black: 16}, {candidate: @eliza_thomas, white: 67, black: 3}]}
@fourth_annual_commencement_1855:event {description: "Fourth Annual Commencement and degree conferral", when: @date_1855_03_10, where: @lower_lecture_room}
@meeting_feb_1_1856:event {description: "Financial and clinic report meeting", when: @date_1856_02_01, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@meeting_feb_8_1856:event {description: "No business meeting", when: @date_1856_02_08, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@meeting_feb_15_1856:event {description: "Inaugural theses received", when: @date_1856_02_15, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@ballot_feb_22_1856:event {description: "Ballot for inaugural theses", when: @date_1856_02_22, results: [{candidate: @elizabeth_collins, white: 61, black: 9}, {candidate: @debbie_hughes, white: 57, black: 13}, {candidate: @laura_ross, white: 61, black: 9}, {candidate: @jane_starr, white: 62, black: 8}]}
@meeting_feb_25_1856:event {description: "Planning private degree conferral and committee formation", when: @date_1856_02_25, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, committee: @committee_beneficiaries}
@degree_conferment_feb_28_1856:event {description: "Degree conferral ceremony", when: @date_1856_02_28, where: @faculty_room, presided_by: @dr_gillingham}
@thesis_emilie_cleveland:document {title: "Thesis of Mrs. Cleveland", author: @emilie_cleveland}
@thesis_nivison:document {title: "Thesis of Miss Nivison", author: @miss_nivison}
@thesis_smith:document {title: "Thesis of Miss Smith", author: @miss_smith}
@thesis_barney:document {title: "Secreting Glands", author: @emily_barney}
@thesis_wilmarth:document {title: "Thesis of Mrs. Phila O. Wilmarth", author: @phila_wilmarth}
@announcement_draft:document {type: "announcement", status: "adopted"}
@bill_birnbacher:document {amount: 27.81, payer: @h_birnbacher, purpose: "janitor services (Jan 1 – Feb 1)"}
@clinic_report_feb_1856:document {diseases_treated: 110, reporter: @dr_thomas}
@thesis_collins:document {title: "Dissertation on Oxygen", author: @elizabeth_collins, referee: @dr_gillingham}
@thesis_hughes:document {title: "Dissertation on Carcinoma", author: @debbie_hughes, referee: @dr_herr}
@thesis_ross:document {title: "Dissertation on Phthisis Pulmonalis", author: @laura_ross, referee: @dr_farnell}
@thesis_starr:document {title: "Dissertation on Scarletina", author: @jane_starr, referee: @dr_birdsell}
@bill_glass:document {amount: 11.55, purpose: "glass", payer: @dr_thomas}
@benedictory_address:document {delivered_by: @mark_kerr, occasion: @fourth_annual_commencement_1855}
@resolution_acknowledge_thomas:resolution {content: "Acknowledgement of Dr. Thomas’s duties as Treasurer"}
@resolution_present_to_thomas:resolution {content: "Copy of resolutions to be presented to Dr. Thomas"}
@demonstrator_of_anatomy:position {holder: @eliza_thomas, start: @date_1855_02_20}
@treasurer_pro_tempore:position {holder: @dr_gillingham}
@committee_beneficiaries:organization {members: [@dr_russell, @ellwood_harvey, @dr_preston]}
# Relationships extracted from the OCR texts
@dr_fussell -> reported favourably on -> @thesis_emilie_cleveland
@dr_thomas -> reported favourably on -> @thesis_nivison
@dr_preston -> reported favourably on -> @thesis_smith
@dr_preston -> referred -> @thesis_barney
@ellwood_harvey -> retained for examination -> @thesis_wilmarth
@dr_preston -> reported favourably on -> @thesis_barney
@ellwood_harvey -> reported favourably on -> @thesis_wilmarth
@miss_nivison -> admitted to -> @examination_start_21_feb_1855:event
@emily_barney -> admitted to -> @examination_start_21_feb_1855:event
@phila_wilmarth -> admitted to -> @examination_start_21_feb_1855:event
@dr_thomas -> ordered payment of -> @bill_55:document {amount: 55, recipient: @ziegenfus_and_carver}
@dr_thomas -> reported -> @clinic_report_feb_1856
@ellwood_harvey -> recorded -> @resolution_acknowledge_thomas
@ellwood_harvey -> recorded -> @resolution_present_to_thomas
@dr_gillingham -> appointed -> @treasurer_pro_tempore
@eliza_thomas -> examined -> @meeting_feb_20_1855:event
@eliza_thomas -> elected to degree -> @degree_eliza_thomas:document {type: "M.D."}
@eliza_thomas -> appointed -> @demonstrator_of_anatomy
@mark_kerr -> delivered -> @benedictory_address
@dr_gillingham -> presided over -> @fourth_annual_commencement_1855:event
@dr_gillingham -> conferred degree upon -> [@emilie_cleveland, @eliza_thomas, @emily_barney, @phila_wilmarth]
@file_pinax:document {title: "Thesis Reports and Examinations of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"} -> documents -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
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@file_a092_001_082_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_19_1855:event
@file_a092_001_083_jpg -> documents -> @examination_start_21_feb_1855:event
@file_a092_001_083_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_20_1855:event
@file_a092_001_085_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_2_1855:event
@file_a092_001_085_jpg -> documents -> @ballot_mar_6_1855:event
@file_a092_001_086_jpg -> documents -> @fourth_annual_commencement_1855:event
@file_a092_001_095_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_1_1856:event
@file_a092_001_095_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_8_1856:event
@file_a092_001_095_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_15_1856:event
@file_a092_001_096_jpg -> documents -> @ballot_feb_22_1856:event
@file_a092_001_096_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_25_1856:event
@file_a092_001_097_jpg -> documents -> @degree_conferment_feb_28_1856:eventThursday Feb 15th 1855 Present Drs. F. H. P. J. T. H. Dr. Fussell reported favourably on the thesis of Mrs. Cleveland Dr. Thomas reported favourably on the thesis of Miss Nivison. Dr. Preston reported favourably on the thesis of Miss Smith. Adjourned to meet on Monday 19th inst. Ellwood Harvey Dean of the Faculty Monday, Feb. 19th 1855 Present Drs. Harvey, Fussell, Preston, Kerr, Thomas and Clinton Gillingham. The thesis of Miss Emily A. Barney on Secreting Glands was referred to Ann Preston M.D. The thesis of Mrs. Phila O. Wilmarth was retained for examination by Dr. Harvey. Dr. Preston reported favourably on the thesis of Miss Barney. Dr. Harvey reported favourably on the thesis of Mrs. Wilmarth. Miss Nivison, Miss Barney and Mrs. Wilmarth were admitted to an examination.
It was resolved that the examinations of candidates shall commence on Wednesday the 21st inst. Dr. Thomas, (the Treasurer) was ordered to pay a note in hand of $55. that was given to Ziegenfus & Carver. Adjourned to meet on Tuesday 20th inst. Ellwood Harvey M.D. Dean of the Faculty Note to the above minute. It was ordered that the Dean should enter on the record that Misp Smith and Misp Barney were admitted to an examination only on the ground of a previous arrangement made with them by the late Dean. Tuesday, 20th Feb. 1855. Present Russell, Preston, Kerr, Thomas, Gillingham and Harvey. Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas having been examined on all the branches was elected by ballot to the degree of M.D. On motion Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas was then chosen to fill the office of Demonstrator of Anatomy after the close of the present term. Adjourned to Meet Monday 16th inst. Ellwood Harvey M.D. Dean
Friday March 2nd, 1855 Present, Preston, Kerr, Thomas, Gillingham and Harvey. The draft of an announcement was again presented and after some amendment was adopted. Adjourned to meet on Thursday 6th inst. Ellwood Harvey, Dean. Tuesday March 6th, 1855. Present, Preston, Kerr, Thomas, Gillingham & Harvey. The Faculty balloted for the candidates with the following result <table> <tr> <th></th> <th>White.</th> <th>Black.</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Emilie Norton Cleveland</td> <td>66</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Jane V. Heala</td> <td>45</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Samantha S. Arivison</td> <td>57</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Mary E. Smith</td> <td>59</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Emily A. Barney</td> <td>56</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs. Phila O'Wilmarth,</td> <td>54</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>All were declared elected except Mrs. Neald.</td> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>At a former meeting Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas,</td> <td>67</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </table> Ellwood Harvey Dean.
The Fourth Annual Commencement was held in the lower lecture room of the college building on Saturday, March the 10th, 1855. As many were present as the room would contain comfortably. The degree was conferred upon the following named ladies, by the President, Prof. Charles D. Cleveland. Mrs. Emeline Horton Cleveland, J. N.Y. Miss Samantha Sabina Nivison ... N.Y. Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith ... N.Y. Mrs. Eliza Lucinda Smith Thomas ... Ohio Miss Emily Ann Barney ... Ct. Mrs. Phila Osgood Welmarth ... Mass. The Baledictory Address was delivered by Prof. Mark G. Kerr. Every part of the performance came off well, and much satisfaction and enjoyment were expressed by all present. Ellwood Harvey Dean.
Feb 1st, 1856 Present: Preston, Herr, Birdsell, Farnell. A Bill from H. Birnbacher, Janitor for services from Jan. 1st to Feb. 1st and sundries, amounting to $27.81 was ordered to be paid. Dr. Thomas reported the number of different diseases treated in the clinic during the past year to be one hundred and ten. Ellwood Harvey, Dean, Feb. 8th, 1856. No business before the meeting. Ellwood Harvey, Dean. Feb 15th, 1856 Present, Farnell, Preston, Thomas, and Birdsell. Inaugural theses were received from Miss Collins, Miss Hughes, Miss Ross and Miss Starr. Dissertation on Oxygen by Miss Collins was referred to Prof. Gillingham. One on Carcinoma by Miss Hughes was referred to Prof. Herr. One on Phthisis Pulmonalis by Miss Ross referred to Prof. Farnell. One on Scarletina by Miss Starr was referred to Prof. Birdsell. A bill for glass of $11.55 was ordered to be paid by the Treasurer. Ellwood Harvey, Dean.
February 22nd, 1856. Present, Preston, Russell, Kerr, Thomas, Gilfillan, Birdsell and Harvey. The theses having been all favourably reported on the candidates were ballotted for with the following result. Miss Elizabeth Collins received 61 white, 9 black. Miss Debbie A. Hughes 57 13 Miss Laura J. Ross 61 9 Miss Jane L. Starr 62 8 It was accordingly announced that they were all elected as worthy to be recommended to the corporators for the degree of M.D. It was resolved that the degrees should be conferred privately. Ellwood Harvey, Dean. Feb. 25th, 1856. Present, Russell, Preston, Kerr, Thomas and Birdsell. The janitor was appointed to attend to filling up the diplomas. It was agreed that the degrees should be conferred in the faculty-room in the presence of the officers and faculty on Thursday 28th inst at 3 P.M. Russell, Harvey and Preston were appointed a committee on Beneficiaries. Ellwood Harvey, Dean.
The Degree of M.D. was conferred on the following named Ladies on Thursday Feb. 28th in the Faculty-Room by Prof. C. D. Cleveland, President of the Corporation. Miss Elizabeth Collins, Bucks Co. Pa. Miss Debbie A. Hughes, Philadelphia Pa. Miss Laura J. Ross, Acton Me. Miss Jane L. Starr, Utica N.Y. After the ceremonies attending the conferring the degrees, a Faculty Meeting was held, all the members being present. Dr. Thomas paid to the Dean the balance in his hands as Treasurer, and took his leave of the Faculty, having previously resigned his Professorship, the resignation to take effect at the close of the session. The following resolutions were passed. Resolved, that the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania express their acknowledgement of the faithful and efficient manner in which Dr. Thomas has performed his duties as Treasurer of the faculty. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be presented to Dr. Thomas by the Dean. Prof. Gillingham was appointed Treasurer pro tempore. Adjourned sine die. Ellwood Harvey, Dean.
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